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Authors of a recent report say the findings are “the first time, to our knowledge, the external application of an anti-inflammatory agent in animals.”

Dr Helen Morrogh-Bernard of the University of Exeter and Co-Director of Borneo Nature Foundation is the lead author of the Scientific Reports paper.

She said: “This is very exciting news as it confirms self-medication in orangutans, the first report of self-medication in an Asian ape, and for the first time, to our knowledge, the external application of an anti-inflammatory agent in animals.”

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